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except when compilers and libraries have platform-specific quirks, or you are developing something that should run on a server
An editor? That's it?
No need to test the code? No need to see how that code behave with other components?
Have you ever code in your life?
Depends on the ecosystem around the language - there are tools that just plain don't work or work poorly on Windows.
Alternatively you could try developing a .NET Framework v4 app on Linux, if the OS doesn't matter (no, mono is not equivalent).
But you need Windows to compile and test older .NET stuff, even if you write the code in notepad.
I attended a conference where there was an openvino demonstration
The windows guys who tried to install relevant stuff, were met with a big visual studio download
The macOS guys had it easy
The only linux guy had an amd and couldn't try it
Ironic, since that was an open source conference
Only 2 presenters openly used libreoffice
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notepad is a windows app!